The Toronto Star from Toronto, Ontario, Canada • 67

0N WEDNESDAY APRIL 9 2008 TOKUNTUSTAK 3 7 AUTO RACING SOCCERHIGHSCHOQLS SPORTS' CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Reds vs Blues all over again Liverpool bounces back to down Arsenal and set up all English Semifinal clash with Chelsea Steven Gerrard converted a tie breaking penalty kick to give Liver pool a spot in the European Cham pions League semifinals just one minute after Emmanuel Adebayor appeared to put Arsenal in the final four Gerrard scored in the 85th minute and Ryan Babel added an injury time goal to give Liverpool a dra matic 4 2 quarter final victory at home over Arsenal yesterday was possibly one of the worst performances ever put in in a Liverpool Gerrard said I still had the confidence to score the Liverpool won the home and home series on 5 3 aggregate and advanced to a semifinal matchup with Chelsea which defeated vis iting enerbahce 2 0 for a 3 2 ag gregate victory defeat was down to a dodgy decision of the referee I Ar senal manager Arsene Wenger said believe over the two games difficult to swallow because of the double disappointment and all the big decisions were against Wenger fumed Today Manchester United plays visiting AS Roma after winning the first leg 2 0 and Barcelona enters with a 1 0 advantage from its vic tory last week at Schalke Liverpool is on course for its third final in four years Both times it advanced in 2005 and 2007 Liverpool beat Chelsea in the semifinals been there we know ev erything about them and they know everything about rank Lampard said amazing how often been in this situa In the third match between Arse nal and Liverpool in a seven day span Abou Diaby put the Gunners ahead in the 13th minute Sami Hyypia equalized in the 30th and star Spanish striker ernando Torres gave Liverpool a 2 1 lead in the 69th Then Theo Walcott made a 45 yard run to set up one of the finest PETER BYRNEAP Liverpool's Steven Gerrard slots home a penalty kick late in yesterday's 4 2 victory over Arsenal at Anfield Ma lsl jA 4 goals of tire European season Walcott evaded attempt to poke the ball away at the halfway line then went around as abio Au relio crashed into him Walcott maintained possession as Javier Mascherano sprinted to catch up went wide to his right as Mascherano fell down evaded Sammy Hyypia and slotted the ball past a falling Martin Skrtel to Ade bayor Adebayor tapped the ball in to tie the match 2 2 and give Arsenal a 2 1 lead in away goals Liverpool quickly moved the ball to the other end and Kolo Toure brought down Babel in the penalty area with Swedish referee Peter rojdfeldt pointing to the penalty spot drive went to the right of goalkeeper Manuel Almu nia who had no chance held me a little bit and they tried to take a chunk of said Babel who added to the lead in the second minute of injury time Liverpool co owner George Gil lett looked on from the stands at Anfield but partner Tom Hicks watched on television from Arling ton where his Texas Rangers lost to Baltimore 8 1 in their home opener Hicks and Gillett have been feuding for months In London Chelsea won as Mi chael Ballack headed in a free kick from Lampard in the fourth minute arid Lampard scored in the 87tli the course of the two games we deserve to be Lam pard said play as well tonight as we can but this competition is about getting Lampard added Chelsea already playing without the injured Petr Cech was forced to replace second string goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini in the 26th with Hi lario because of injury Hilario made two good saves in the final 10 minutes pushing away shots from Gokhan Gonul and Ka zim Kazim feel more like a doctor than a manager Chelsea manager Avram Grant said rio was good Michael Essien however will miss the first leg of the semifinals because of yellow cards a little bit Grant said enerbahce which won away from home this season in the Champions League was playing in the quarter finals for the first time Associated Press MORE SOCCER: Results S10 TC looks to bolster its lineup Johnston has eyes on ex MLS MVP Guevara defender Tebily MORGAN CAMPBELL SPORTS REPORTER Three days after their second loss of the season and five days before heading to LA to face David Beck ham and the Galaxy Toronto is set to revamp its roster Again Tuesday morning former Celtic and Birmingham defender Olivier Tebily practised with the team though TC manager Mo ohnston said the 32 year old yet have a contract Two hours later agent Patrick McCabe confirmed that he was hours away from completing a deal for midfielder and former MLS MVP Amado Guevara McCabe specify which team Guevara would join Chivas USA owns his MLS rights but TC has pursued him since the pre season Guevara played only two games with Chivas last season be fore falling out with team manage ment and signing with a team in his native Honduras Even though Tebily was already on the field with TC head coach John Carver discuss ei ther player But he did mention he hopes to have some new players ready to take the field this weekend the time we get to Thursday fingers crossed something might he said Last week Laurent Robert and Ro han Ricketts showed up at practice on Monday and by Wednesday Robert had signed a contract Rick etts is still working out with the team but yet have a deal Any other week Carver says he might have had a tougher time in tegrating new players into the line up but says the schedule will help him break in new players and straighten out old problems good news is we play on Sun day so got that extra he said need to work on the defence after what seen against Tebily could help stabilize a back line that looked shaky in last Satur HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES THE WEEK STEPHANIE NEHRING SCHOOL: Monsignor Paul Dwyer LEAGUECITY: Durham LOSSAOshawa GRADE: 10 AGE: 16 Top hockey goalie in Durham Region school league with seven shutouts in 13 league and OSAA playoff games Solid performance in 4 0 provincial triplequad bronze medal win over Uxbridge Has less than a goal a game average in 26 league tournament and playoff games Member of Oshawa Minor Generals single A rep hockey team that won the Lakeshore Division championship this year Plays defence for Darlington community soccer team Has an 80 per cent academic average Wish is to make Canada's JIM ROSS OR THE TORONTO STAR IS! fiir A Olympic team Wants to be a high school physical education teacher US university interest coming from Vermont and Brown as well as Windsor JAMIE WISE SCHOOL: Stouffville District LEAGUECITY: York RegionStouffville GRADE: 11 AGE: 17 Tournament MVP and top scorer at the OSAA singledouble A boys' hockey playoffs with 11 goals nine assists in seven games Right winger was key player in Stouffville winning a second consecutive provincial gold medal Strong candidate for team MVP after 35 goal season for Spartans who finished with a 30 7 1 record Chosen 2007 junior athlete of the year at Stouffville Outside centre on junior rugby team last year and planning to be on defending OSAA senior championship squad this campaign Has a 68 per cent academic average JIM ROSS OR THE TORONTO STAR S3T Aw Interested in attending Ryerson for business or York for kinesiology uture plans focus on becoming a high school physical education teacher or hockey coach Compiled by David Grossman More high school sports coverage at thestarcomsports Aflor Rebate Royal Woodbine Your Golf Destination In the City! $1OO INSTANT REBATE ON A SELECTED SET Of 4 TIRES OR A LIMITED TIME ONLY iTP'RI would like me to run Long Beach and I would like to run Long Beach but there are some things that have to happen before we can commit to that At this point glad that got some corre spondence and dealing di rectly with The Long Beach race will be the official farewell to the Champ Car World Series (nee CART) The race which was the flagship event of ten the opening race of the season will become part of the IndyCar Series circuit beginning next year Tracy won his first CART race at Long Breach in 1993 and followed with victories in 2000 and 4 1 loss to DC United Bom in the Ivory Coast and raised in rance Tebily debuted in the En glish Premier League with Sheffield United in 1999 The next year he be gan a three season stint with Celtic in Scotland but played sporadically He was transferred to Birmingham in 2002 and played regularly until a knee injury sidelined him in 2003 His contract with Birmingham was set to expire this season but the team released him in January Before Guevara can come to To ronto he needs to settle with Mon tagua the Honduran club to whom he is under contract until the end of 2008 And then TC needs to deal with Chivas which owns his MLS rights Roost Opening April 11 '08 (God Willing) 416 674 7773 Visit us online wwwroyalwoodbinecom Scarborough native attempting to work out RICK MATSUMOTO SPORTS REPORTER Paul Tracy would like nothing bet ter than to send Champ Car into au to racing history with a salute from the victory podium at the Long Beach Grand Prix The four time winner of the event might just get the opportunity to 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